... Summary: We outline practical guidelines for conducting, analysing and reporting escape response experiments in fish with the aim of facilitating study replication, comparative analyses and evidence synthesis. Biomechanics Fast-start Locomotion Whole-organism performance Startle response...

...) paradigm to assess hearing in larval wild-type (AB) zebrafish during early development at 5–6 days post-fertilization (d.p.f.). We measured the PPI of the acoustic startle response in zebrafish using a 1-dimensional shaker that simulated the particle motion component of sound along the fish's dorsoventral...

... nervous processing in comparison to other sensory systems. This processing delays a prey's startle response. For example, the response latency to a visual stimulus is over 10 times greater than that to an acoustic stimulus in red drum larvae ( Fuiman et al., 1999 ). Cichlids possess a relatively fast...

... escape behavior field potential Mauthner neural circuit trigeminal neuron zebrafish startle response The zebrafish is well established as a vertebrate model system with substantial advantages for studying nervous system development ( Hatta and Kimmel, 1993 ; Blader and Strähle, 2000...

.... Zar, J. H. ( 1999 ). Biostatistical Analysis. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 19 1 2006 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2006 2006 cardiovascular dynamics cephalopod mantle reversible cardiac arrest startle...

... a suction type of predator. We conclude that particle acceleration is essential for the directionality of the startle response to infrasound, and that the response is triggered by the synergistic effects of acceleration and compression. * Author for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected]...

... for correspondence (e-mail: [email protected] ) 21 5 2003 © The Company of Biologists Limited 2003 2003 C -start startle response functional recovery behavioral recovery Mauthner cell regeneration spinal cord crush goldfish Carassius auratus Central nervous system...

...H. Neumeister; B. Ripley; T. Preuss; W. F. Gilly ABSTRACT In Loligo opalescens , a sudden visual stimulus (flash) elicits a stereotyped, short-latency escape response that is controlled primarily by the giant axon system at 15 °C. We used this startle response as an assay to examine the effects...

... of Biologists 1999 red muscle white muscle startle response C-start S-start intermediate swimming acceleration body curvature turning rate sarcomere titin carp Cyprinus carpio . Fish generate fast-start swimming manoeuvres to avoid predators and to capture prey. Very high...

... Cicindelidae tiger beetle Cicindela marutha bat evasion ultrasound startle response defensive behavior The broad range of insects with ultrasonic hearing in the range 30–60 kHz attests to the ecological pressure exerted on them by echolocating, insectivorous bats (reviewed by Hoy et al . 1989...

.... A. and Meyer , D. ( 1977 ). The Mauthner initiated startle response in teleost fish . J. exp. Biol . 66 , 65 – 81 . 10.1242/jeb.66.1.65 Eaton , R. C. , Didomenico , R. and Nissanov , J. ( 1988 ). Flexible body dynamics of the goldfish C-start: implications for reticulospinal...

...S. N. Currie; R. C. Carlsen ABSTRACT The vibration-evoked startle response mediates rapid withdrawal in burrowed larval lampreys (ammocoetes). Ammocoetes withdraw in response to vibration by contracting pre-existing lateral bends in the trunk and tail, thus pulling their heads deeper...

... address: Department of Biology, Washington University, St Louis, MO 63130, USA. 05 01 1987 © 1988 by Company of Biologists 1988 lamprey Mauthner neurones arousal startle response A pair of giant reticulospinal interneurones, called Mauthner cells, is known to initiate...